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Pirates agree to $7.75 million deal with reliever Soto

By Will Graves AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates and two-time All-Star reliever Gregory Soto have agreed to a $7.75 million, one-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal told the Associated Press late Tuesday night. The person spoke to the AP on condition of ...

Huff scores 24 in WVU’s win over Little Rock

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Honor Huff scored 24 points behind eight 3-pointers, and Treysen Eaglestaff added 23 for West Virginia in a 90-58 win over Little Rock on Tuesday night. The Mountaineers (8-2) pulled away on a 19-2 run that lasted almost six minutes. Huff shot 8 of 13 from the field ...

Pirates strike out in lottery, will draft 5th

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Chicago White Sox won Major League Baseball's amateur draft lottery Tuesday and will have the top selection for the first time since taking Harold Baines in 1977. Coming off a 102-loss season, Chicago had the highest odds to win the weighted lottery at 27.73 ...

Penguins’ Malkin heads to IR

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed center Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury. The move comes after the 39-year-old Malkin sat out a shootout loss to Dallas on Sunday. Malkin, in the final season of his contract with the Penguins, is off to one ...